Academic Computing Services (ACS) administers student microcomputer
lab facilities and microcomputer classrooms, and provides software
support. Assistance, based on the following descriptions of sevices
is available on contacting Academic Computing Services.

The Microcomputer Operations group is responsible for the
day-to-day operations of the Portland and Gorham student-access
microcomputer labs and the computer classrooms.

The Software Support group provides microcomputer software for USM
students, faculty, and staff.  The group's primary responsibility
is the configuration and maintenance of software installed in ACS
administered microcomputer labs.  Assistance to faculty and staff
using lab-supported software and network-oriented software on
personal computers is available.  The Software Support group
sponsors training seminars for some commonly used software packages,
and offers guidance and consulting assistance to faculty in the
evaluation and development of educational software.

The University provides IBM, IBM compatible, and Macintosh
microcomputers for general student access at lab facilities located
on each of the main campuses.  There are approximately 200 stations
available in the Portland labs/computer classrooms and 80 stations
in the Gorham labs/computer classrooms.  These facilites offer a
friendly menu system for accessing numerous software applications,
including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, mathmatical
modeling, statistical analyses, on-line help,and various
course-specific items.  More information on the software or
hardware available in the Portland and Gorham labs/classrooms may
be obtained by contacting the Operations Manager at Academic
Computing Services.

All lab microcomputers are networked providing access to the USM
Local Area Network, Lab microcomputers support terminal
emulation(via telnet software), enabling access to IBM mainframes
located on the Portland and Orono campuses, and through these
mainframes, acces to the Internet. Access to the Internet is also
avaiable using Macintosh and Windows base programs.  Both laser and
dot matrix printers are available to many lab microcomputers.

All computer classrooms support LCD screen projection, and some
offer and interactive video network that allows the instructor to
view individual student screen from a centralized station, or
broadcast the centralized station's screen to one or more student
stations.  All classroom microcomputers have network access to the
IBM mainframe.  There is a shared printer in each classroom.


      (Source:  Academic Computing Services)